The Cavalry

2024 | 17 min

Director, Camera, Edit by Alina Orlov

Sound, Original Score, Executive Producer: Patrick O'Shea

This hybrid documentary explores the involuntary role of animals in human conflict. Filmed during January to September 2023 in Israel and the West Bank, the film provides a glimpse into daily life in the months preceding the Israel-Gaza War.

World premiere at Locarno Film Festival, August 2024, Pardi di Domani: Concorso Internazionale.

North American premiere at Vancouver International Film Festival, 2024, Canada.

South American premiere at FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival, Buenos Aires, 2024.

MoMA Doc Fortnight, New York City, February 22 & 28, 2025 – Doc Fortnight Shorts 1: Abstraction as Apprehension.

Antimatter [media art], 2024.

International Filmfest Bremen, 2025 – Fears – Innovation Shorts #3.

COSMIC RAYS Film Festival, 2025 – Program 2: Night Music.

Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias, 2025 - Animation section.

The Portland EcoFilm Festival, 2025.